Vladimir Ashkenazy

1		Chopin: Nocturne No.5 in F sharp, Op.15 No.2
2		Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante
3		Chopin: Nocturne No.9 in B, Op.32 No.1
4		Chopin: Ballade in A flat
5		Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto

Albums

Chopin: The 4 Scherzi; Prelude, Op. 45; Barcarolle, Op. 60
Aug 2022 • 6 songs
Chopin Recital at Essex University
Aug 2022 • 8 songs
J.S. Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807: 8. Gigue
Sep 2021 • 1 song

About

Biography

Russian-born Vladimir Ashkenazy has been a towering figure both as a pianist and as a conductor, with interpretations cutting a wide swath across Beethoven, the Romantics, and Russian music. His repertoire extends back to Bach and occasionally forward to contemporary pieces. Ashkenazy was born July 6, 1937, in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) in the Soviet Union. His father was a pianist, but it was his mother who encouraged his pianistic gifts. Ashkenazy made his debut at eight in Moscow and enrolled at the Moscow Conservatory in 1955, becoming a student of Lev Oborin. An early ...

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Vladimir Ashkenazy